According to the data released by IDC, Xiaomi is still leading the Chinese wearables market in the first quarter of this year and is being closely followed by Huawei.

The report reveals that in Q1 2019, Xiaomi managed to ship more than 19.5 million units of its wearable devices, registering a year-on-year increase of 34.7 percent. The sales of basic wearable devices, which does not support third-party apps, grew 25.5 percent while smart wearable devices grew 84.6 percent YoY.

The data revealed by IDC states the top five companies in China in terms of wearable devices market are Xiaomi, Huawei, Apple, BBK, and Wuzhou Wireless, with a market share of 21.9%, 18.5%, 10.2%, 7.4%, and 2.5% respectively.

The report attributes Xiaomi’s success to the company’s lineup of cost-effective earphones and the popularity of the Xiaomi’s Mi Band fitness tracker even in the overseas market. On the other hand, Apple is relying on its newly released AirPods and Beats series.

While Xiaomi is dominating the Chinese wearable devices market, the interesting thing in this report by IDC is the growth of Huawei. As per the report, Huawei’s shipment in this segment increased by a massive 214 percent compared to the same period last year.

The primary reason behind such massive growth of Huawei is believed to the launch of several wearable devices, including TalkBank B5, Honor Band 4, and Watch GT among others. Also, the sales of Huawei FreeBuds and Honor FlyPods also helped the company grow its market share in China.

Xiaomi has today launched its next-generation fitness tracker — Mi Band 4. It comes with a 39.9% bigger display compared to its predecessor and is now using AMOLED color screen with 2.5D scratch-resistant tempered glass on the top. It also supports Xiao AI voice assistant which can be used for controlling Xiaomi’s IoT products.

It also comes with the ability to make NFC payments. It is water resistant up to 5ATM and comes with an upgraded 6-axis high-precision sensor to track various activities. The non-NFC model costs 169 yuan (~$25) while the NFC model is priced at 229 yuan (~$33).

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Samsung, in a move to expand its existing wearable devices lineup in India, has launched two new devices — Gear Fit 2 and Gear Sport. Both the devices were announced at IFA 2017 in Berlin.

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 has been priced at Rs. 13,590 while the Samsung Gear Sport costs Rs. 22,990. Both the devices will be available starting from December 11, while the pre-bookings for the same will open on December 4.

Interestingly, the Gear Sport will be available via Amazon India and Samsung’s stores, while the Gear Fit2 Pro will be available via Flipkart and Samsung’s stores.

The Gear Sport is water resistant up to 50 meters and comes with a 1.2-inch circular AMOLED display, which is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top. The display has a resolution of 360×360 pixels, providing a pixel density of 302ppi.

Under the hood, the device is powered by a dual-core chipset clocked at 1GHz, paired with 768MB of RAM. There is also 4GB of internal storage. It runs on the company’s own Tizen OS.

On the connectivity front, it supports Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS and Bluetooth 4.2. The device is also NFC-enabled and thus, can be used to make payments via Samsung Pay. As of the sensor, it packs gyroscope, barometer, heart rate sensor, and ambient light sensor. The smartwatch weighs 67 grams with the strap and 50 grams without the strap.

There are several new features for fitness-related activities, including continuous heart rate monitoring, recording swimming sessions, among others. It also offers customizable tips with the personalised motivation.

The Gear Fit 2 Pro, on the other hand, comes with a slightly larger 1.5-inch Super AMOLED curved display, having a screen resolution of 216×432 pixels, and pixel density of 310ppi. This one is also water resistant, up to 50 meters.

It is powered by a dual-core chipset clocked at 1GHz, paired with 512MB of RAM. This one too comes with 4GB of internal storage. It packs 200mAh battery and supports Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi and GPS as connectivity options.

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On the software front, this one too runs on the Tizen OS and is compatible with Apple’s iPhone and Android smartphones. As for the sensors, the Gear Fit2 Pro features a heart rate sensor, gyroscope and barometer.

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Undoubtedly, Android 5.0 is such a thrilling system which will bring about a series of tremendous creations to us after Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich from Google. As far as we are concerned, Android 5.0 will be denominated as Key Lime Pie, and it is approaching.

News about the latest Android version has been fermented as Google’s I/O Convention is around the corner. In the meanwhile, we are looking forward to the new version with so many attractions.

Release Date

Nowadays it is reported that the new version is Android 4.5 but not 5.0 according to Google’s plan. It is with the version updating sequence, however, it is hard to predict before Google’s I/O Convention in June, 2014.

 Hardware

It is always the case that a new hardware follows every new Android system. Considering that Nexus 5 was just launched to the market less than half a year, this time Google may surprise us by the updated version of Nexus 10 as the current version of that had been released by the end of 2012. At the same time, the most popular candidate of the updated version for OEM will switch to HTC.

Function

Report from Android Police implies that Google will add Google Now (Voice Services in Android) into a new APP named OK Google Everywhere, which will integrate the former function into most APPs, ensuring more efficient voice services. For example, after a photo is taken, the user can order Google Now directly to share it.

Besides, more Fitness Function will be added into the new version. Considering that the recent release of Android Wear, the coordination of this APP and wearable devices like intelligent watch or Google glass should become the key function in the updated version which will come to the public soon.

Operation Interface

As shown on the system screenshots which were publicized nowadays, Flattening Style will be dominatingly enhanced in the new version. The design is called “Moonshine” Internally.

What We Expect for Android 5.0

1.More Smart Profiles

More Smart Profiles are needed to simplify the administration of our mobile phones in different case, like No Disturbing Mode, Game Mode or E-book Reading Mode and so on.

2.Friendly to more devices

Even the current version is not bad, user want more for the new version. For example, the video downloaded from Google Play can be synchronizedly played on two or more devices.

3.Enhanced social Networking function

Social Networking APPs should be the default function in the Android 5.0.

4.Improved input method

The original input method in current Android system is far below desire while that of SONY or HTC is quite satisfying. Therefore, Android 5.0 should improve the input method.

5.Video Chatting

Even though there are so many third party APPs (like Skype etc.) can provide video chatting services in our mobile phone, we still expect Google can provide its own video chatting services APP.

6.Allowing batch editing of contracts

It will save a lot of time when batch editing is available,no matter in message sending or cancelling,

7.Message synchronization among different devices

Even though there are so many third party APPs can backup information in our mobile phone, we still expect Google can provide its own information backup APP.

8.Provide the choice of “Never Update”

We can never ignore the truth that so many users were force to update the system which may be regarded as a tyranny sometimes. Users should have the right to reject the updating for the notice of updating is always a nuisance.

9.Preview/free Redeem Code

This function is obviously favorable for APP promotion, and Google can completely imitate the method.

10.Others

To meet some individual needs, like setting the item list by alphabetical order, or frequency of use or personal preference.  Battery Status is also welcome as the function is in iOS system for so long.

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